The city of Edmonton evidently thinks Albertans are so enamoured of tax increases now that the NDP is in charge that it has proposed increasing property taxes 4.9% a year for each of the next three years. 8 i$ t2 n( }7 X0 E8 ~, c# k% g3 G
Mayor Don Iveson insists he runs a lean operation, but the Canadian Federation of Independent Business says spending has increased 74% in the past decade. " F" z( l) E6 ^) E' \ W/ l1 h f8 }; J
Yeah so? You saying that’s not lean?